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title: "Human nature, the road to liberation, and Einstein’s riddles"
date: "2016-05-03T10:37:46+01:00"
modified: "2016-05-03T10:37:46+01:00"
url: "https://newhumanist.org.uk/2016/05/03/human-nature-the-road-to-liberation-and-einsteins-riddles/"
post_id: 6517
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# Human nature, the road to liberation, and Einstein’s riddles

1\. [The myth of human nature](/articles/5020/the-myth-of-human-nature)

In the cover story from our Spring 2016 issue, Tim Lewens argues that appeals to human nature won’t help us make complex ethical decisions about new technologies like genome editing.

2\. [Gloria Steinem and the road to liberation](/articles/5018/gloria-steinem-and-the-road-to-liberation)

This American feminist inspired a generation of women, writes Sally Feldman. What can her life tell us about today’s struggles for equality?

3\. [The cult of nature writing](/articles/5019/the-cult-of-nature-writing)

A resurgence in nature writing offers secular transcendence, says Richard Smyth. But are we being led up the garden path?

4\. [What the Renaissance did for us](/articles/5010/what-the-renaissance-did-for-us)

The meaning of the word “humanism” has been argued over for years. Martin Spence urges us to take inspiration from its rich and varied traditions.

5\. [Black hole blues](/articles/5022/black-hole-blues)

For a century, scientists have tried to solve the riddles posed by Einstein’s theory of relativity. Marcus Chown explores.

*[March’s top long-reads](/articles/5027/the-prevent-scheme-fundamentalism-in-nigeria-and-mourning-david-bowie)*

*[More on our Spring issue – out now](/articles/4996/the-spring-2016-new-humanist-is-out-now)*